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Mad at god or don't believe? My experience here tells me that some are just mad at god and others don't believe. Which are you?

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lerlo 8 July 25
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I would say I am highly disappointed in so called christian churches especially in the United States. When you step away from the church and the indoctrination fades away, and you begin thinking again, you realize what a load of crapola. My experience is that churches are right up there with country clubs, just usually without golf courses. Just a place to socialize with others of your class. When I started comparing what the buybull promised to what was happening in the world the cognitive dissonance was deafening. "God" won't let a sparrow fall from the sky, but there are children starving in Africa and priests raping children, and politicians molesting children and women. WTF? So no, I am not mad at god because there isn't one or any. I am a tad disappointed that I bought the crap for so long.

Pretty much my experience. When you get over the don't question GOD part and face the fear and get over it you realize that's it pretty much the Wizard behind the Curtain saying pay no attention to the man behind the Curtain

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Uh, more like I'm not worried about whether god exists or not, more than being unsure. I feel like the word unsure sounds like I'm worried about it or something. I've gotten to the point where I figure if god does exist, they probably aren't the sadistic bastard the religionists make them out to be, so I'm not worried about it.

Sorry, I can't find any dictionary definition of unsure equaling worried

@lerlo I was consulting my gut, not the dictionary.

@UpsideDownAgain Hear, Hear .. Hip, Hip .. Chin, Chin.

@jlynn37 I have no idea what you mean by that but it made me laugh.

@UpsideDownAgain It is just a method to express a heartily agreement.

@jlynn37 Ah, good to know.

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I can’t be mad at nothing!

Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee

@lerlo Right?!

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I am mad at people who ask me if I am mad at God.

That happen alot does it?

@lerlo More often than I would like.

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I can’t be mad at something I simply don’t believe in. Not saying I never believed and during those times I was sometimes made at god. But, through careful thought and consideration I realized I could not expect anything from a delusion. And, god after all is a delusion

Cinco Level 5 July 27, 2019
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I wonder does being mad at god equate to or mean being mad at a word or concept around which many people have formed emotional attachments? If so, ( excluding science, but not excluding scientism) wherein lies the difference between other words or concepts which are personalized?

If large numbers of adults continued to believe in a 'tooth fairy' who failed to deliver the promised reward would that then justify being mad at a made up story that our parents told us when we were children?

Justify? For those who don't believe in god I'm not sure justify is a word that is appropriate. But if people believe in god and trust in god and expected god to do something for them and it lets them down then being mad at that same god follows.

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Gawd does not bother me in the least, nor do people who believe (unless they are trying to get me to believe too). I am an atheist, not and anti-religeous. I have known some very good people who were nuns, as a matter of fact. Most of them never asked about, nor seemed to care what my religious beliefs were, and that is the way I like it.

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Why be mad at a nonexistent God and why do so many people keep asking the same tired question?

The same reason people post the same meme over and over again? The same reason people answer the same question over and over again? The same reason they believed in the non-existent god in the first place?

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I definitely fall into the don’t believe category and voted as such in the pole

If you do believe in the Christian god you certainly have a case to be mad in my opinion as his “actions” so clearly contradict his philosophy but as a non believer I hold the real people accountable for their actions
This is probably true for other gods people believe in but I am less familiar with those characters so will not comment, however the principal applies

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To be honest, Iv'e never actually met anyone who disbelieves because they are "mad at god".

youve never met anyone willing to admit that you mean yeh?

@bbyrd009 No. I meant exactly what I said.

@TristanNuvo if you read some of the comments you can find people who were/are mad at god, you could introduce yourself. However based on how irate people's responses are to the thought that someone might be, you can understand why someone might not admit it here.

@lerlo Show me one. I did read the comments, and my original statement stands.

@TristanNuvo "
"In my case, anger at "god" led me to the realization there is no God, and the anger went away." there's one, one of the recent posts--I won't do your research for you. Two people voted that way. You can choose willful blindness, I expect nothing less from this site.

@lerlo I think you are missing the point. They said that at one time they were mad at god. meaning at one time the still believed. Since they no longer believed, they are no longer "mad at god".
So my point still stands. I've never met any one whose disbelief is because they ARE mad at god.

@TristanNuvo Congratulations and may your life be untarnished by such people

and may you always believe everything everyone tells you, all the time

@bbyrd009 I did not say that either. That's twice you tried to twist my words to fit your agenda. It hasn't worked either time.

@TristanNuvo oh, i dunno, maybe 🙂 ppl say all kinda stuff, to make themselves look better or feel better? doesnt mean much imo. Generally speaking, most ppls unqualified statements meant to convey a "truth" are usually conveying a separate truth that they are maybe not aware of? You take them at their word, and i suspect they are mostly hypocrites and full of crap, thats all i guess

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I played your game but can't see why you would ask such a question. Surely the results must be a foregone conclusion on a site such as this?

A. I get to ask any question I want. As I explained in the post my experience here is that some people just like to be mad at God and or religion which to me is the same thing. I was seeking to find out what the numbers were. Some people said that no one would admit to being mad at God. If you read the comments some people did admit it. Some people got mad at the poster which could mean they didn't like the question which could mean that they're mad at God. It's a pretty innocuous post so the fact that anyone could get mad at at it is beyond me unless it hit a nerve.
B. If it's a foregone conclusion you're welcome to bypass this post or any other post you don't like or think is a waste of time.
C.Your turn to explain to me why anyone would get upset at such an innocuous post.

@lerlo what is your answer to your own question?

@Ms_McSteven and they delete it so that no one else can tell whether or not they were rude

@Jama765 I voted that I don't believe there is a God.

@Ms_McSteven before it "went away?" sorry? Did you delete it? Could i ask why? ty

@Ms_McSteven man, i don't even agree with his belief here, and i gotta tell ya seems to me like he is the one getting attacked and belittled first, no offense.

@Ms_McSteven she deleted it because my response made a point she couldnt handle. Then re-posted it her comment in another comment without my response because that makes her look better. Will you PLEASE block me?

@Ms_McSteven tell me oh knowing and powerful one what's wrong with my innocuous post that you took offense to--show me where i accused you of being mad at god ...you can't but your type, like your president, likes to use name calling when they have no rational argument--I will report your rudeness and name calling--but you continue to exercise what freedom you have left

@Ms_McSteven I agree with banning you--nah you deleted your post because you couldnt reply to my reply without looking foolish--I get it. I'll be here defending myself and my post as long as you will

@Ms_McSteven Thanks for keeping up your rant and personal attacks, more fuel for admin. You are the quintessential stereotype of the perfect woman. Not that it will matter but here is how I voted: "You have voted for: I don't believe there is a god or am unsure." Find for me once again Ms. Perfect where I told ANYONE that they were mad at god. Good luck and I'm just as free if I want to to be mad at you or anything else--without your consent but will be happy to continue this b.s. of yours as long as you have the time because I don't let people like you or your ilk intimidate me in the slightest. I spent my career fighting for justice and your attacks are feeble in comparison to the attacks from the ignorant I have dealt with.

@Ms_McSteven you kept and deleted it, you find it

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Just never, ever believed. It made no sense to five-year-old me, and all the rituals creeped me out so I never gave it any further consideration.

Even before I checked your profile I knew you were English. How strange.

what ("the fuck" implied, imo) did you go out into the wilderness to see?

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I think if you said mad at religion you would get more Yes answers than mad at god

Myah Level 6 July 26, 2019

some people think there is no difference--but the poll wasn't seeking any type of answer

@Ruby_Slipper thanks for your helpful comment, thanks for ignoring the comments of people who say they were/are mad at god and the people who voted that they were/are. Blind ignorance is rampant and thanks for reinforcing that concept. I must have struck a nerve but my innocuous post because you're mad at god and won't admit it? Because that would be a death sentence for someone as astute as you? b

@lerlo The billy goats gruff are missing you. Their bridge needs its troll. The fairytale has no meaning without you.

@Ruby_Slipper and only someone like you could quote a fairy tale--keep it up genius

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Fishing for 8?

Nope, but that's the way the site is set up. Love when people read their own problems/views into a post or tell me it's b.s. but haven't read the comments, for instance in this case, where people admit to being mad at god.
p.s. 300 points total from the post, think that helped me towards 50,000? 😉

@lerlo don't hurt.

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Can't be mad at something that doesn't exist

You can if you believed in god or still do which, I'm sorry to break it to you, but many people here used to believe in god and some still do.

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What reason would I have to be angry with your imaginary friend?

the same reason you used to believe in it?

@lerlo Not past the time I would have believed in other nonsense like Fat Men in Flying Sleighs. I never really believe in any of it as much as my peers did.
But playing along seemed to make people happy.

You should find another place to try to convert/brainwash people.

We're pretty damn inoculated against your silly virus here.

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It’s not just a god argument. It’s a gods one. No gods, no heavens, no hell.

I can’t speak for everyone but in my personal experience it took a lot of thought to realize there was no “ultimate being” watching me pick my nose.

"Who told you that you were naked?" yup

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I'm more mad at Santa and the Tooth Fairy. At least I profited from them...

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I am not angry with the Easter Bunny, Santa, or some conceptions of a god/gods. None of them exist.

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Must exist first

bobwjr Level 10 July 25, 2019
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Your opinion is noted.

what, no prize?

@lerlo Perhaps you can consider your prize is being able to have and to freely express your opinion.

@jlynn37 Well I didnt know you were recording all my opinions, at least I know who to contact if I forget one. Mind telling me how you discerned any opinion from the post? I'm pretty sure you don't know how I voted.

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Silly question. How can someone be angry at something that does not exist.

The same way they can pray to one?

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It somehow doesn't sound right that somebody would be mad at God and simultaneously be an atheist.

If you are mad at God, you obviously think he or she is there. So it would negate atheism.

Nothing says the people mad at god would be an atheist. They're just here because they're mad at god. Other commenters have said they used to be mad at god and now they don't believe anymore

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We accept that Scientology is made up nonsense. Many believe that the Church of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormonism) is made up. If you look at all the denominations there’s at least one or two things that set them apart from another. This is just Christianity. All of religion to me is made up rules by a segment of society to get people to live a certain way. It’s a method of control. Be good or God will be mad. If there is a god there would be no reward/punishment system. God wouldn’t wan it’s creation to experience pain and suffering in this life or the next. No real deity would create someone or something just to worship it. This is not even getting into the evil done in the name of a religion or God. It’s often a misogynistic system designed to keep people down and in their place.

So I’m pretty sure there’s no God. I am unsure about a life after this one though. I son’t believe if there is that it will be a heaven or hell like we perceive it.

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I don't have ANY imaginary friends.

CK-One Level 6 July 28, 2019
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